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	Mitsubishi Zero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mitsubishi A6M was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945.
		Mitsubishi's chief designer, Jiro Horikoshi, felt that the requirements could be met, but only if the aircraft could be made as light as possible.
		Mitsubishi had its own engine of this class in the form of the Kinsei, so they were somewhat reluctant to use the Sakae.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mitsubishi_Zero (1956 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zero Fighter)
		One Mitsubishi Zuisei 13 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 780 hp for take-off and 875 hp at 3,600 m, driving a two- or three-blade metal propeller (A6M1).
		One Nakajima Sakae 31 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,130 hp for take-off, 1,100 hp at 2,850 m and 980 hp at 6,000 m, driving a three-blade metal propeller (A6M6c and A6M7).
		One Mitsubishi MK8P Kinsei 62 fourteen-cylinder air-cooled radial, rated at 1,560 hp for take-off, 1,340 hp at 2,100 m and 1,180 hp at 5,800 m, driving a three-blade metal propeller (A6M8).
	www.combinedfleet.com /ijna/a6m.htm (528 words)

	The Mitsubishi A6M Zero ("Zeke")
		In 1934, the IJN issued another request for a carrier fighter, and Mitsubishi and Horikoshi came up with a new design, the "Ka-14", with the same overall configuration as the 1MF10 but cleaner, and featuring all-metal construction, an inverted gull wing, and a Nakajima Kotobuki 5 nine-cylinder radial providing 410 kW (550 HP).
		In the meantime, Mitsubishi was improving the breed.
		The second was the "A6M8", which was to be fitted with a Mitsubishi Kinsei 62 engine with 1,000 kW (1,340 HP), giving it a top speed of almost 575 KPH (360 MPH).
	www.vectorsite.net /avzero.html (6201 words)

	Mitsubishi Zero -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The (additional info and facts about Mitsubishi) Mitsubishi A6M was a light-weight carrier-based (A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air) fighter aircraft employed by the (additional info and facts about Imperial Japanese Navy) Imperial Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945.
		A combination of excellent manuverability and very long range made it one of the best fighters of its era and gained it a legendary reputation, but design weaknesses and lack of more powerful (Motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work) engines eventually doomed it.
		The (additional info and facts about Mitsubishi A5M) Mitsubishi A5M was just starting to enter service in early 1937 when the (additional info and facts about IJN) IJN started looking for its eventual replacement.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/mitsubishi_zero.htm (2203 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen - Japan
		The Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen was the next generation, single-seat monoplane fighter, conceived as a replacement for the Mitsubishi A5M.
		The A6M fighter marked the beginning of a new epoch in naval aviation and was the first shipboard fighter capable of surpassing land-based aircraft.
		Mitsubishi alone produced 3,879 aircraft of this type, Nakajima built 6,215 which, together with the 844 trainer and floatplane variants produced by Sasebo, Hitachi and Nakajima, brought the grand total of A6M series aircraft to 10,938.
	www.aviation-history.com /mitsubishi/zero.html (1212 words)

	Mitsubishi Zero - TheBestLinks.com - Mitsubishi A6M, Aircraft carrier, Fighter aircraft, F4U Corsair, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		The Mitsubishi A6M was a light-weight carrier-based fighter aircraft employed by the Japanese Navy from 1940 to 1945.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Mitsubishi_A6M.html (1711 words)

	Axls Planes Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The IJN was also several years ahead of other nations in the concept of naval aviation as an independent arm securing naval supremacy well beyond the reach of naval artillery and they had produced a number of excellent aircraft specialized for their needs.
		Mitsubishi assigned a team led by their chief engineer Horikoshi Jiro the task of designing the new fighter.
		Service trials were conducted through the first half of 1940, leading to combat trials in China and the new fighter was formally accepted for service by the IJN on July 31 of that year.
	www.studenten.net /customasp/axl/profile.asp?cat_id=10&ple_id=105 (2129 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero
		The A6M came as a shock to the allied in 1941 -- this despite earlier reports of its appearance in China.
		The Mitsubishi Jukogyu K.K. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co Ltd) was a highly-integrated conglomerate of shipbuilding, airframe and engine manufacturing plants, with facilities located in a dozen different locations in Japan.
		It was powered by a Mitsubishi Zuisei 13 (Auspicious Star) fourteen-cylinder, twin-row air-cooled radial engine, rated at 780 hp for takeoff and 875 hp at 11,810 feet.
	www.fighter-planes.com /info/a6m.htm (8414 words)

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		Ki.1, Mitsubishi (Type 93) This was a angular monoplane bomber based on the Junkers K.37.
		Mitsubishi complained that it was already overburdened, and no design was made.
		The Ki.108 was a derivative of the Ki.102 with a pressure cabin, intended as a B-29 interceptor.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/airforce/jap_mil.txt (10138 words)

	Axis History Factbook: Mitsubishi A6M Zero
		In 1936, the Japanese firm of Mitsubishi introduced a new carrier fighter for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), with the designation A5M, later known to the Allies as "Claude".
		However, aircraft design was advancing very rapidly at the time, and in 1937, even as Mitsubishi was ramping up production of the A5M, the IJN was looking for a successor with the same high agility, but with improved speed, range, and firepower.
		Mitsubishi attempted to correct this shortcoming in late 1944 by fitting the Sakae 31-ko engine, which incorporated water-methanol boost, resulting in the A6M6-hei.
	www.axishistory.com /index.php?id=1159 (4883 words)

	Stof's Zero Page
		It was Mitsubishi's answer to a 1937 Japanese request for a shipboard fighter armed with 2 guns and 2 cannons, able to reach 500 km/h (310 mph) at 12,000 ft and with 6-8 hours of cruise economy endurance.
		A designation system for airplanes had been in use in Japan since the early 1920s, and was based on the last two digits of the year of delivery to the Army or Navy.
		For example, the A6M's predecessor, the Mitsubishi A5M "Claude", was delivered in the year 2596 of the Japanese calendar (1936), and had the title of "Navy Carrier Fighter Type 96".
	perso.wanadoo.fr /christophe.arribat/stofzeke.html (1107 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Asia
		Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one of the group's leading members, was formed in 1934 by the merger of Mitsubishi Aircraft and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding.
		Mitsubishi Heavy manufactured the Mitsubishi A6M Type 0 fighter, commonly known as the Zero, widely used by Japan during the Second World War.
		The Mitsubishi group of companies was formed in 1870 by Yataro Iwasaki on an island southwest of Tokyo in the city of Kochi.
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	Mitsubishi A6M Zero-Sen - Single seat carrier based fighter
		It was designed by Mitsubishi to meet the severe demands of the 1937 Navy carrier-based fighter specification, seeking a successor to the A5M.
		During the subsequent year it seemed that thousands of these fighters were in use, their unrivalled manoeuvrability being matched by unparalleled range with a small engine, 156 gal internal fuel and drop tanks.
		Mitsubishi urgently tried to devise improved versions and the A6M5 was built in quantities far greater than any other Japanese combat aircraft.
	www.btinternet.com /~lee_mail/Zero.html (608 words)

	Mitsubishi A7M - TheBestLinks.com - Mitsubishi Zero, P-47 Thunderbolt, Mitsubishi A6M, Imperial Japanese Navy, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		The Mitsubishi A7M Reppu (烈風, "Hurricane") was designed as the successor to the Imperial Japanese Navy's A6M Zero, with development beginning in 1942.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Mitsubishi_A7M.html (290 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero in the Pacific War (D Llewellyn James)
		It had been designed by Mitsubishi to meet the severe demands of the 1937 Imperial Navy specification for a shipborne fighter - demands which included a speed of 500 km/h (311 mph) and an armament (powerful for the time) of two cannon and two machine-guns.
		Mitsubishi therefore tried desperately to come up with a more effective version of the Zero.
		A6Ms were again in action at the Battle for Leyte Gulf, mainly as attack aircraft, and from October 1944 until the end of the War Zeros were employed in hundreds of kamikaze attacks on American warships.
	www.angelfire.com /fm/compass/A6M.htm (829 words)

	Fargo Air Museum - Fargo, North Dakota - Historic Aircraft - Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zero-Sen) 'Zeke'
		On the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Navy had a total of 521 carrier fighters, of which 328 were A6M2s.
		Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero of the 12th Combined Kokutai, 1941-42.
		Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero based in the Philippines in late 1944.
	www.fargoairmuseum.org /historic-aircraft-a6m-zero.html (716 words)

	Zero
		The nearly 11,000 made by Mitsubishi and Nakajima played a major role in the Pacific and war which was sparked when more than 400 of the previously ignored Zeros, plus other types, pounced on Pearl Harbor in the early morning of December 7, 1941 with such devastating effects.
		Mitsubishi assigned the project to Jiro Horikoshi's team, which had been responsible for the A5M and came up with an all-metal fighter with retractable undercarriage, powered by a 780 hp Mitsubishi MKZ Zuisei radial engine which gave it a top speed of 316 mph.
		The wings were strengthened to carry a heavier bomb load and the engine was upgraded to the 1560hp Mitsubishi Kinsei 62, which left no room for fusalgae armament bust boosted the top speed to 360 mph.
	www.strategyplanet.com /commandos/zero.html (799 words)

	Dragon 50049 - Diecast Model A6M Zero IJN 261st Flying Group: The Flying Mule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A6M Zero Diecast Model IJN 261st Flying Group
		Designed to meet the Imperial Japanese Navy's requirement for an A5M replacement, the A6M was first flown on April 1st, 1939.
		One of the most famous of all Japanese warplanes, the A6M was a superb carrier-based naval fighter, with 11,280 aircraft eventually being produced.
	www.flyingmule.com /products/DM-50049 (232 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero - Community of Royalty Free Images and Stock Photography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Photo of WWII Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane at the Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. The Zero was superior in the early stages of WWII but became obselete by 1942.
		In the hands of an ace the Zero could still be an effective fighter but for the most part the Zero was used as Kamikaze or suicide bomber at the end of WWII.
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	www.dreamstime.com /mitsubishia6mzero-image27981 (208 words)

	Japanese Fighter Aircraft
		The A6M Zero demonstrated for the first time that an aircraft could be fully capable of carrier operations (incliding having folding wing sections) and still have superiority over land based contemoraries.
		The Mitsubishi A7M Reppu (Hurricane) single-seat carrier-based fighter was intended by the famous aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi to be the successor to the A6M Zero-sen fighter.
		Work on the A7M1 proceeded relatively slowly at Mitsubishi, since higher priority had to be given to later versions of the A6M and the J2M.
	www.johnmc99.com /japanese_fighter_aircraft.htm (1125 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Mitsubishi A6M Zero Fighter was the finest shipboard fighter in the world during the first year of the Pacific War.
		The Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero-Sen, Rene J. Francillon, Aircraft in Profile, Doubleday, 1969.
		Mitsubishi A6M5 to A6M8 Zero-Sen, M.C. Richards and Donald S. Smith, Aircraft in Profile, Doubleday, 1974.
	www.csd.uwo.ca /~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/a6m.html (8375 words)

	All Wood Wings: Mitsubishi A6M 'Zero'
		It was this requirement for a combination of speed, range and maneuverability that led to the development of the Japanese A6M fighter.
		Designed to 1937 specifications and first flown in April 1939, the A6M was ordered into series production as the Navy's type "0" carrier fighter and thus the basis for the name "Zero".
		Credited with mystical powers of maneuverability, what made the Zero a great combat aircraft during the early stages of World War II was the high level of experience of Japanese pilots.
	www.allwoodwings.com /3-WWI+WWII/Mitsubishi,A6M,Zero-MasterSeries.htm (305 words)

	Corgi AA33103 - Diecast Model A6M Zero A6M2-21, Saburo Sakai: The Flying Mule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Saburo Sakai formed a part of the elite Tainan Ku world famous "Ace Trio" along with Hiroyoshi Nishizawa and Toshio Ohta and remains the top surviving ace of the War in the Pacific.
		After a spell in the Matsuyama Wing he returned to the Yokosuka where he flew Mitsubishi J3M Jacks until the end of the war.
		The Corgi "Aviation Archive" features a vast selection of diecast model airplanes in 1:144, 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 scales and has become the standard by which all other die cast model airplane ranges are judged.
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	Re: H-1 &the Japanese Zero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This may have been the case regarding the primary development of the Mitsubishi A6M Carrier Borne Fighter prototype.
		But for the person who would place an A6M and a Hugh's racer side my side for comparison, he or she would find it very difficult to discover sameness.
		According to the chief designer of the A6M project, Jiro Horikoshi...and I am of course paraphrasing his statement, the A6M design was the result of specifications set down by the Imperial Japanese Navy and submitted to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan.
	www.wrightools.com /h1talk/_disc3/000000b6.htm (282 words)

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		* Although the A5M was a first-class fighter when it was introduced, seraphim design was advancing very rapidly at the time, and in 1937, even as Mitsubishi was ramping up production of the A5M, the IJN was looking for a successor with the same high agility, but with improved speed, range, and firepower.
		In its first year of combat, the Zero was credited with destroying 44 Chinese seraphim in the air against the loss of only two Zeroes, both of which were destroyed by anti-seraphim fire.
		A6M1: Two initial prototypes, with Mitsubishi Zuisei 13 engine, plus armament of two 7.7 millimeter guns and twin 20 millimeter cannon.
	www.toprankingcompany.com /mitsubishi-a6m-zero.htm (6339 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M Zero and the Japanese calendar mysteries
		During the war, an educated Japanese would be able to reckon time according to three different calendars.
		To the Japanese, the A6M was the Rei-sen, this being an acronym for Rei shiki sentoki or Zero Type Fighter.
		Americans who like to parade their knowledge sometimes call the A6M "Zero-sen," but this is to conflate two languages.
	bruning.xs4all.nl /~kim/mirror/spadguy/www.danford.net/zero.htm (338 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M "Zero"
		The first Mitsubishi Zero cited is not from the Nimitz Museum and has not definitely been identified as a Mitsubishi built Zero at all and may indeed have come from a Nakajima Zero.
		The Mitsubishi A6M3 model 32 Hamp in question was reconstructed from several airframes and components captured at Buna, New Guinea 27 December 1942.
		Mitsubishi made the switch to the Nakajima pattern at some point in the production of the Type 32 as both styles can be observed on these aircraft.
	www.j-aircraft.com /faq/A6M.htm (11580 words)

	Mitsubishi A6M (Zeke / Zero)
		At the beginning months of the war in the Pacific the A5M4 was in front line use, but it was outpreformed by Allied aircraft.
		By the summer of 1942, all A5Ms had been transferred to second-line duties, being replaced by the superior A6M Zero.
		Aproximatly 800 were built by Mitsubishi and 200 more by other manufactures under contract.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /resources/tech/aircraft/a5m.html (201 words)

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